Browsing: Short Stories

A masterful #1 New York Times bestseller: When a man returns to his childhood home, memories of the terrible darkness he once experienced there come flooding back… “Poignant and heartbreaking, eloquent and frightening, impeccably rendered” (Kirkus Reviews starred review).

A dark and witty National Book Award–winning collection from a Southern Gothic master and the celebrated author of A Good Man Is Hard to Find. “Astonishing: the stories burn brighter than ever, and strike deeper” (Newsweek).

Stephen King, whose first novel, Carrie, was published in 1974, the year before the last U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam,…

From international bestseller Stephen King, a tale of grief, of love’s enduring bonds, and the haunting secrets of the past–the…

From a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize–winning author: A prosperous 1920s Mississippi family is busy planning a wedding when nine-year-old Laura pays them a visit — and changes their lives forever. “Nothing short of wonderful” (The New Yorker).

A New York Times bestselling author and “true master of the gothic novel” (Booklist) weaves a collection of truly terrifying stories, from a priest with a dark obsession to a small town’s eerie Halloween tradition. With over 1,600 five-star Goodreads ratings.

From the visionary author of The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle comes this seminal collection of short fiction. “Jackson’s stories are among the most terrifying ever written” (Donna Tartt, Pulitzer Prize–winning author).

The melancholy, brilliance, passionate lyricism, and torment of Edgar Allen Poe are all well represented in this collection. Here, in…

David Sedaris’s beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with…

A milestone in the history of popular theology, The Screwtape Letters is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the…